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- From: khioe@gina.jpl.nasa.gov (Kent Hioe)
- Subject: Tips to choose MAG 15F monitor.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.204314.19394@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: MAG 15F monitor
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:43:14 GMT
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- I saw a lot of interests in the NETLAND about 15" MAG 15F monitor. I my self
- recently bought one. I have a bad experience getting a good MAG 15F
- monitor. I have to returned them twice until I got a good one.
-
- The first one I got, it has a tilted screen and the control panal door won't
- close.
-
- The second one was even worse. It has a bad convergen, the screen was distorted
- on the top right hand corner, the left edge was not straight. and it made a
- load hissing noice upon power up.
-
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- The third one, I demanded to test it before I took it with me. They had to open
- 3 new MAG before getting a good one. I guess the quality control of the
- MAG Inovation is very bad.
-
- The following is the tip to check your MAG monitor.
-
- What you should check is as follows:
-
- 1. Check for the convergen (red, green, blue). Check the horizontal line and
- vertical line. See if you have a kind of shadow of red, green, or blue.
- ( a good one should not have any shadow.) Usually, you will find a little
- bit of shadow in the corners. (it is normal.) Even a good name like NEC
- still have this kind of problem a little bit.
-
- 2. Edges must be straight! MAG does not have P-CUSTION control.
- It is preset from the factory. The good one should be straight.
- Horizontal and vertical.
-
- 3. Tube and degaussing process. Check if upon power up the monitor you hear any
- hissing sound (very load). Usually it last for about 3-5 seconds. This is
- a sign of bad tube or degaussing.
-
- 4. The screen should be rectangle. Check the corners. They should be
- perpendicular.
-
- 5. Control panel door. Check if it closes properly.
-
-
- I would suggest that to buy the monitor at your local store if you can.
- Otherwise you may end up paying a lot of shipping fee.
-
- I hope it helps those interested in MAG 15F monitor.
-
-
- One note, I think MAG is a good monitor compare to any others with the same
- features. I have seen about 8 monitors (15"). MAG consider the best one.
-
- There is other manufactures, such as NANAO & NEC. But they are about $100 - $200
- or even more expensive.
-
- Good luck.
-
- --
- Kent Hioe
- khioe@juno.jpl.nasa.gov
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